January 8, 2016

Swatches: Urban Decay Naked 3 Eyeshadow Palette

According to Urban Decay, this is a follow-up of the industry's all time
best selling palette, the Naked and Naked 2 palettes. The Naked 3
eyeshadow palette features 12 never before seen rose-hued neutrals from
pale shimmery pinks to a deep matte black with red shimmers. You can choose from every finish imaginable - ultra smooth mattes, gorgeous pearls and glimmering metallics. Weight: 12 x 1.3 g / 12 x 0.05 oz

This retails for $54, a bit expensive compared to the Lorac Pro Palette which retails for $42.

Urban Decay Naked 3 vs Lorac Pro

Urban Decay 3 Eyeshadow Palette up close

Shade description and finish (from UD website):

Strange (pale neutral pink matte-satin)

Dust (pale metallic pink
shimmer w/iridescent micro-glitter)

Burnout (light pinky-peach satin)

Limit (light dusty rose matte)

Buzz (metallic rose shimmer w/silver
micro-glitter)

Trick (light metallic pinky-copper shimmer w/tonal
micro-sparkle)

Nooner (medium pinky-brown matte)

Liar (medium metallic mauve
shimmer)

Factory (pinky-brown satin)

Mugshot (metallic taupe shimmer
w/slight pink shift)

Darkside (deep taupe-mauve satin)

Blackheart
(smoky black matte w/rosy red shimmer)

Urban Decay Naked 3 swatches (on NC20 skin)

natural light (outdoor)

My favorite shades are Burnout, Limit, Buzz, Trick, Nooner and Liar.

Dust is a lovely shade to highlight the inner corner of the eyes, but it is difficult to work with because of the chunky glitters that might irritate the eyes.

white light (indoor)

For comparison, here's the Naked 2 palette:

Urban Decay Naked 2 palette swatches

The first shade Foxy is hardly visible on my NC20 skintone.

Both palettes are pigmented and smooth to apply, but I prefer the Naked 3 because I am a sucker for Rosegold shades and I find the Naked 2 "too warm" for my skintone.

I'm thinking of getting the Urban Decay Naked Smoky because of the cute packaging (don't judge me haha) or the Urban Decay x Gwen Stefani Palette next time =D **drools**